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Rohit Sharma (L) and KL Rahul throughout Champions Trophy 2025© X (Twitter)
Travis Head regarded in large kind however the in-form Australia batter was dismissed for 39 by Indian cricket workforce spinner Varun Chakravarthy in the course of the Champions Trophy 2025 semifinal in Dubai on Tuesday. Head obtained a mammoth lifeline within the first over of the match after Shami failed to carry on to a catch off his personal bowling. The left-handed batter made India pay for the dropped catch as he attacked the bowlers and offered Australia with a stable begin. Nonetheless, the introduction of thriller spinner Chakravarthy did the trick for India as Head utterly miscued his shot and was caught by Shubman Gill within the deep. It was an enormous wicket for India as they had been struggling to maintain the runs in examine and the response of skipper Rohit Sharma and wicket-keeper KL Rahul has gone viral on social media.
In the meantime, the Indian Cricket Workforce was seen sporting black armbands on Tuesday in the course of the first semi-final of the continued ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium in honour of the late Padmakar Shivalkar.
Rohit Sharma’s response on Shami lacking the chance gifted by Travis Headpic.twitter.com/xECGhGAiT4
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Padmakar Shivalkar, one of many best Indian cricketers who was unfortunate to not have performed for the nationwide workforce, handed away in Mumbai on Monday on the age of 84.
A legendary left-arm spinner, Shivalkar was a dominant drive in home cricket and a key determine in Bombay’s Ranji Trophy dominance. He performed an important function in 10 of Bombay’s victorious Ranji Trophy campaigns from 1965-66 to 1976-77, throughout which the workforce received the title in each season besides one. He was additionally a part of the squad that reclaimed the championship in 1980-81. Remarkably, he made a comeback on the age of 47 and performed two matches within the 1987-88 season.
Since India received its quarter-final recreation on the 2011 World Cup, the 2 sides have confronted one another 4 instances within the ICC ODI tournaments. India and Australia have received two video games every.
India’s victories got here within the round-robin matches on the 2019 and 2023 World Cups. Alternatively, their heartbreaking defeats unfolded within the 2015 semi-finals and the 2023 last.
Since their final encounter on November 19, 2023, there was an entire distinction between the 2 sides that may line up on Tuesday in entrance of a vibrant crowd in Dubai.
Talking of the conflict, Australia skipper Steve Smith received the toss and elected to bat first towards the Rohit Sharma-led workforce.
(With ANI inputs)
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